Photo: Jccohen at English Wikipedia · Public domainBowleys Quarters has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 988 jobs in Bowleys Quarters, and 3,633 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Bowleys Quarters are A− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 10% of workers; Maryland has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bowleys Quarters at work: what stands out
The better-paid jobs are outside Bowleys Quarters
66% of Bowleys Quarters residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in Bowleys Quarters pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Bowleys Quarters and Baltimore trade workers both ways
Baltimore is the top workplace for Bowleys Quarters residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Bowleys Quarters come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Bowleys Quarters is a place people come home to
There are 988 jobs based in Bowleys Quarters, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bowleys Quarters has about 4,400 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The four measures behind Bowleys Quarters’ grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bowleys Quarters is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #140 of 261 in Maryland. Job access by car holds Bowleys Quarters’ grade up (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bowleys Quarters could be anywhere from B− to A.
The kinds of work in Bowleys Quarters
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bowleys Quarters, 2013 → 2023: 971 → 988. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bowleys Quarters’s own residents hold wherever they work.
23% of working residents work in Baltimore
Where Bowleys Quarters clocks in
23% of workers
5% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Who works in Bowleys Quarters, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 3,565 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 920 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,400 people are in Bowleys Quarters on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Bowleys Quarters: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bowleys Quarters workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,279 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Maryland: 80% drive alone, 5% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Bowleys Quarters, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Bowleys Quarters gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bowleys Quarters is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns, #196 of 261 in Maryland. Both inputs place Bowleys Quarters near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,631 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 32% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 32% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 57% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.1% of Bowleys Quarters households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Bowleys Quarters’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,227 U.S. towns of 4,900 to 9,500, Bowleys Quarters comes 969th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 11 | Fulton MD | 5,677 | $222K | 0.7% | 1.7% | 11% | A+ |
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| 19 | Riva MD | 4,976 | $176K | 1.1% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Hampton MD | 5,372 | $171K | 3.8% | 0.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 967 | Caddo Mills TX | 5,715 | $107K | 6.1% | 5.3% | 4% | A− |
| 968 | Monroe Township IN | 6,061 | $91K | 6.4% | 3.6% | 4% | A− |
| 969 | Bowleys Quarters MD | 7,006 | $100K | 11.2% | 2.9% | 2% | A− |
| 970 | Flossmoor IL | 9,358 | $134K | 5.4% | 11.6% | 4% | A− |
| 971 | East Manchester Township PA | 8,703 | $102K | 3.4% | 6.0% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,227 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bowleys Quarters, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Work in the towns next to Bowleys Quarters
The biggest share goes to Middle River (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bowleys Quarters workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowleys Quarters | – | A− | B | 29 min | $99,534 |
| Middle River | 5% | B | A− | 28 min | $78,398 |
| Essex | 2% | B− | A | 29 min | $67,168 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bowleys Quarters’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bowleys Quarters: questions
What is the median household income in Bowleys Quarters?
$99,534 (±$22,105) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bowleys Quarters?
11.2%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bowleys Quarters?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bowleys Quarters work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baltimore (23%, 12 mi), Middle River (5%, 3 mi), Towson (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bowleys Quarters walkable?
Bowleys Quarters is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bowleys Quarters without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 32% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bowleys Quarters, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bowleys Quarters
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.